Senate Rules and Administration Committee

114th Congress (2014 cycle)

It is not so much special interests but other lawmakers that watch this committee closely. This is because its members control the rules of floor debate and contested elections. Senate Rules has oversight over the Federal Election Commission, the agency that regulates campaign financing. It also has jurisdiction over the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Capitol and the House and Senate buildings.

Sectors Contributing to Members of this Committee, 2014 Election Cycle

PACs

Indivs

Agribusiness

$3,988,675

$3,281,574

Communic/Electronics

$3,678,761

$4,843,313

Construction

$1,538,650

$3,291,074

Defense

$1,955,049

$979,050

Energy/Nat Resource

$3,960,090

$4,977,363

Finance/Insur/RealEst

$8,520,699

$26,145,202

Health

$6,383,674

$6,133,435

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$2,550,000

$15,000,841

Transportation

$2,995,002

$2,409,629

Misc Business

$5,265,568

$10,257,084

Labor

$2,214,250

$37,325

Ideology/Single-Issue

$6,945,883

$5,488,883

Other

$210,308

$11,497,267

Figures are based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically
on February 02, 2015 Numbers are taken from PAC donations and individual contributions of more than $200.

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